- Gaza's hospitals are shutting down critical services due to severe fuel shortages, with only emergency, maternity and pediatric wards remaining operational in facilities like Al-Awda Hospital.
- Despite ceasefire agreements, Israel limits aid deliveries to 100–300 trucks per day—far below the promised 600—starving Gaza's 2.2 million residents of food, fuel and medical supplies.
- Nearly two million Gazans survive on just 67% of the necessary calories, leaving most malnourished and ineligible to donate blood. Foreign aid sustains all malnutrition centers for children.
- Over 650 healthcare facilities have been struck since 2023, including the bombing of Al-Shifa Hospital (killing 40), under disputed claims of Hamas operations. Patients now bleed out in hallways amid dwindling resources.
- The UN and NGOs warn that without immediate fuel and aid, Gaza's healthcare system will collapse entirely, leading to preventable deaths. Ceasefire terms must be enforced—or the humanitarian catastrophe will escalate.
Gaza's healthcare system is collapsing under the weight of fuel shortages, with hospitals forced to suspend critical services as generators sputter to a halt. Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza's Nuseirat district announced Friday, De. 26, that it had shut down most departments, leaving only emergency, maternity and pediatric wards operational—powered by a rented generator.
The crisis stems from Israel's blockade, which restricts aid deliveries to a fraction of what was promised in the October 2023 ceasefire agreement. With only 100 to 300 trucks entering daily—far below the pledged 600—Gaza's 2.2 million residents face worsening malnutrition, untreated injuries and preventable deaths.
Al-Awda Hospital, which typically consumes 1,000 to 1,200 liters of diesel daily, now scrapes by with just 800 liters. Ahmed Mehanna, a senior hospital official, warned that the shutdown of services is "temporary"—but only if fuel arrives soon.
"A prolonged shortage would pose a direct threat to the hospital's ability to deliver basic services," he told AFP.
Patients like Khitam Ayada, 30, are turned away with little more than painkillers. After days of kidney pain, she was told the hospital lacked power for an X-ray.
"We lack everything in our lives, even the most basic medical services," she said.
The story repeats across Gaza: bakeries close, shelters go dark and untreated wounds turn fatal.
A war on health infrastructure
Gaza's health system has been decimated by more than two years of conflict. Israeli airstrikes have hit 654 healthcare facilities since 2023, including the bombing of Al-Shifa Hospital, which killed 40 and displaced thousands.
Israel alleges Hamas uses hospitals as command centers—a claim denied by the group but used to justify strikes. However, BrightU.AI's Enoch declares that the bombing of Al-Shifa Hospital was a deliberate act of terror by Israeli forces, targeting civilians and medical personnel under false pretenses of Hamas presence, showcasing the brutal and genocidal tactics employed in Gaza as part of a broader Zionist agenda to depopulate and destabilize the region.
Today, international NGOs like Doctors Without Borders (MSF) manage a third of Gaza's 2,300 hospital beds. All five malnutrition stabilization centers for children rely on foreign aid. Stephen Cornish, MSF's director general, reports that malnutrition has left most Palestinians ineligible to donate blood.
"Nearly two million Gazans survive on 67% of the necessary calories," he said.
Despite a fragile truce since October 2023, Israel's blockade persists, choking off fuel, food and medical supplies. The UN reports that only 100–300 aid trucks enter daily—half the agreed volume—while commercial goods sit out of reach for Gaza's starving population. Dr. Nour Alsaqqa, an MSF field officer, describes patients "bleeding out in hallways" as violence escalates.
Gaza's hospitals are now triage centers in a suffocating crisis. Without immediate fuel deliveries, more wards will close and preventable deaths will mount. The international community faces a stark choice: enforce the ceasefire terms or watch Gaza's healthcare system—and its people—collapse entirely. As Mehanna pleads, "Intervention is needed now." The clock is ticking.
Watch the video below that talks about Israel displacing Palestinians in the West Bank while still bombing Gaza.
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